So yesterday I got a packet of PREMIUM (yes, you heard me right, PREMIUM) Japanese Sencha, because I was so sick and tired of drinking yellow green tea. It costed about $10 for a small packet. What I noticed was it was wrapped in almost like a paper wrapping, rather than the regular plastic. When…
So you’ve got a husband, father, mother, or even grandmother who hates vegetables and eats a lot of meat because he/she loves it. You’re pulling out your hair each day, wondering just how on earth you can get them to eat healthier, let me give you some tips! Dipping Sauce If you know someone who…
Since my teeth are always quite prone to sensitivity because of my excessive consumption of, erm, candies when I was younger. Unfortunately, that also means there are a lot of foods that may be fine for others, but aren’t good for me if I eat too much of it. Here’s a list of foods that…
Wouldn’t you like to be 100 and bouncing around? I was just browsing the news and out popped an article about Jiroemon Kimura, who celebrated his 116th birthday. Surely there has to be a secret to his longevity, right? It’s simple: Living a life of moderation, avoiding smoking, and eating until you’re only 80 percent…
Growing up in a Chinese family, we have lots of “balms and oils” which can treat all kinds of problems like burns and injuries. After almost spraining my ankle yesterday, I’ve come to realize just how useful they are. All three oils are written to treat muscle aches and pains, sprains, injuries, headaches, burns and…
I would like to recommend a book that I’ve been reading lately, called The Liver Cleansing Diet by Dr Sandra Cabot. It’s a fantastic book written simply about the symptoms of an unhappy liver, what you can do about it and what to eat so that your liver enjoys a toxin-free life. I’d like to…
As a kid, I was shy to the extreme. I was afraid of going into the pram (stroller), being held by anyone I didn’t know. I feared school so badly that I demanded my grandfather to stand outside the school all day so I could see him every minute. I would never talk to the…
A hungry wolf was out hunting for food near a farm. The wolf overhears a mother angrily disciplining her child: “If you keep crying, I’ll throw you out as food for the wolf!” ‘Yum.’thinks the wolf. The child cries all night; the poor wolf waited infatuatedly until it started to light and then sighed with…
Believe me, you’ve got better things to do than be mummified with bandages or spend a week not being able to type properly because your finger is blue and purple. From personal experience, here are some tips to avoid injuries. (Image from Chinese Paladin 3) 1) If you’re climbing up or down a flight of…
Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of information about osmanthus flowers in English on the internet, in fact, it’s very rare to find it in shops, unless you buy the osmanthus and green tea in some Asian grocery stores. However, I would like to talk about the wonderful benefits of these beautiful, golden flowers. The proper…